@Whis_Cash @Godzichevre Welcome to the forum! 
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Welcome to the forums @Godzichevre. Super lovely to have you on the forums. There is a wealth of information here and if you have some issues knowing where to begin, maybe you can ask an open question on the forums with your interests and what you like about collecting. I am sure a lot of folks would give you some great suggestions for starting points and how to go about collecting.
Wishing you success in your hunts and getting back into the hobby. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Cheers!
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Welcome @Whis_Cash! Glad to see youāve come out of the shadows! Do you have any favorite artists? Itās always nice to see someone who appreciates the āregularā cards in addition to the wonderful art rares weāre being spoiled with!
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Welcome, @Godzichevre! Booster boxes can be a ton of fun (especially with friends!), so I donāt blame you for getting pulled in! Haha, I think many of the recent SV sets can be a fun open, but if youāre ever looking to do anything a little different, I would recommend a Japanese high class set like VSTAR Universe, or Shiny Treasure ex if you want something cheaper. The way these boxes are structured makes for the most fun pack opening experience in my opinion! (Less packs, but a guaranteed hit in every pack and usually some nice chase cards)
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Welcome @Godzichevre pack opening can be a true addiction and lots of fun. Nice to have you here
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Welcome @Whis_Cash . Those are some great stories. The day you find your Base Charizard will be glorious. Glad that you can appreciate at the other great Pokemon . Did I miss it? Do you have other species favorites?
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Welcome @Godzichevre and @Whis_Cash, glad to have you both here!
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Heh, oddly enough as someone learning Japanese I have a terrible time remembering artistās names - thereās so many now! But of who I recallā¦ a couple people like dsuke and Uninori have a cool comic book-esque style. Souichirou Gunjima creates a ton of motion in his, those are great. The knitted/amigurumi ones from Asako Ito are adorable, my mom enjoys them too haha.
For my personal favorites I love crazy colors and big cool creatures. Loved the recent miraidon and koraidon(edit: I love that full art promo of him snoozing on a ledge too) cards. Tomokazu Komiyaās stuff is pretty wild. Cards I remember really enjoying recently but not the artist were: TEF sizzlipede, CZ Mewtwo, Alcremie from stellar crown is gorgeous, and honestly most cards from surging sparks in general. Oricorio stands out in my memory, and Amulet of Hope as one of my favorite looking non-person trainer cards in awhile.
How about you? Iām guessing youāve shared it around here before =)
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Haha, I donāt blame you at all! I also have a soft spot for Ito, as my daughter loves their work and their cards were part of her first ever binder! I agree that Uninori has had some great artworks already!
For me personally, my top two favorite artists are sowsow (I like pretty much every card they do) and Kusube (also a ton of good ones, but I do really enjoy some of the older ones from Vending and VS series), but Iāve also been really enjoying Katoās art recently! (the Grotle art rare and gold stadium cards are some of my favorites)
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wow, I can see why. Yeah, I just snapped up a few lunatone cards from the trainer gallery. I absolutely love that colored pencil style look.
Oh, only seen a few of his. Creates a massive sense of scale for an inch tall drawing. Good picks.
edit: my Tatsugiri card with Osare as the illustrator just showed up. Very outside the norm for a pokemon card but its pretty cool. Def gonna look into more of theirs.
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Thanks for the kind words and the advices 
I was thinking about the japanese version of Pokemon 151. Seems to have good fun opening it and chasing these master balls 
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Youāre welcome! And Iād agree! I had a ton of fun opening Japanese 151!
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hi im Shzu.ku, im from spain and iāve just started collecting pokemon cards 
iāve bought some sealed products to start with the collection but now i wanna complete platinum set because was the set of my childhood.
my favorite pokemon is Empoleon 
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Welcome to the forum @Shzu.ku . It is great to have you here. There are many species Collectors on the forum . There are lots of great things to read. Empoleon is a great Pokemon! You can find some of their collections here
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Looking forward to seeing your collection grow!
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Very warm welcome to the forum @Shzu.ku . Awesome to have you here. You will find all possible resources and information like the one @niece already linked to get started with your collection and/or if you need any guidance or help. Looking forward to seeing your collection grow and also see a collection thread someday. Have a great time interacting with everyone.
Cheers!
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Welcome @Shzu.ku! I feel like I donāt see people going after Platinum as often, so itās nice to see some variety! @citriina has some great Empoleon cards! You should check out their collection when you get a chance and maybe it will give you some inspiration!
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Bienvenidos, @Shzu.ku from Spain! Empoleon and Platinum are both uncommon and very cool picks. I hope you enjoy diving into all the threads and info we have here.
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Hi everyone! Iām Delaney, 19, and have recently gotten back into collecting last year. I see posts on Reddit all the time of peoples absolutely incredible collections and I hope to build myself up to that level one day. Iām currently focusing on Entei (my favorite Pokemon) and N (my favorite character) for collecting. I hope I get to know all of you further!
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Thank you all for giving me this warm welcome. Do you have any advice on how to make the best use of this forum? I am new to this kind of websites
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Welcome @Shzu.ku ! Empoleon is a cool Pokemon and not one that I see mentioned as often as it should be. Iām really looking forward to seeing your collection journey unfold.
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